Premiere: “Turnstile” by Lionlimb

100 drawings from guitarist Stewart Bronaugh accompany the duo's poignant piano-driven tune

Nashville-based guitarist Stewart Bronaugh put his music project Lionlimb on hold to join Angel Olsen’s backing band for her 2014 album Burn Your Fire For No Witness and on tour. Now, after recruiting fellow tourmate and Brooklyn-based drummer Joshua Jaeger, Bronaugh brings Lionlimb back. Gearing up for a one-off release of their own, the duo’s single “Turnstile” speaks of a transactional relationship. The accompanying video, …

Sevdaliza: That Other Girl

Iran-born, Netherlands-based singer Sevdaliza has just released a video for her arresting and minimalist song “That Other Girl.” Made in collaboration with experimental artists Pussykrew, the visuals are a glossy, metallic, dripping, surreal journey through an eerily still alternate universe. As Sevdaliza’s lyrics aptly explain, she is “operating from another world.”

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New music from Here We Go Magic and Petite Noir, a mixtape by poet Sampa the Great and more in this week's musical round-up

Sampa the Great: The Great Mixtape For “The Great Mixtape,” poet and vocalist Sampa the Great sings and rhymes with a political conscience, dragging words out slowly or stuttering them out rapid fire over producer Godriguez’s jazzy beats. Exploring hip-hop, R&B and spoken word with experimental flourishes, the mixtape shows off music as a “soul language,” as Sampa puts it. Mos Def and Lauryn Hill’s …